Terrorist Attack
Barack Obama: US doing everything to protect Americans
December 29, 2009President says a full investigation has been launched into attempted Christmas Day attack on an American airliner. U.S. President Barack Obama says those responsible for the attempted Christmas Day attack on an American airliner will be held to account...
Nigerian bomber warns: I’m the first of many
December 29, 2009Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian who set himself alight in a packed Airbus approaching Detroit on Christmas Day, bought his one-way ticket from a KLM office in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, on December 16. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian...
Al-Qaeda wing claims failed attack on U.S. plane
December 29, 2009A regional wing of Al-Qaeda said it was behind the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. passenger plane, which was meant to avenge U.S. attacks on the group in Yemen, according to a web statement posted today. The group said it had provided the...
Nigerian Abdulmutallab charged with trying to blow up airliner
December 27, 2009By Nico Colombant Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab read charges in a hospital where he is being treated for burns U.S. authorities have charged a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a plane on its descent into the city of Detroit on Friday. The man, who...
Passenger attempts to blow up US-bound flight on Christmas Day
December 26, 2009U.S. media reports Friday evening said a passenger on a flight from Amsterdam to the U.S. city of Detroit attempted to blow up the aircraft as it was landing. Law enforcement sources were quoted as saying the passenger, a Nigerian national, claimed he...
Suspect in grenade explosion in Moldovan capital released
October 21, 2009No person suspected of committing the 14 October terrorist attack in the centre of Chisinau is now arrested by police, the head of the commission in charge of investigating this case, prosecutor Igor Popa, told ProTV on Tuesday. He said that the key suspect...